Quick Straw Poll: How far do you commute by car?
Quick Straw Poll: How far do you commute by car?
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CarZee

Original Poster:

13,382 posts

294 months

Monday 2nd December 2002
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How far does everyone drive to & from their offices each day and how long does it take?

The following people stand to be zapped with a cattle prod for replying:

JeremyC
Mungo
Ted



Edited because it's customary to include my own info when asking stuff like this.

My usual journey is 38 miles each way and on average it takes me 50 minutes.

northernboy

12,642 posts

284 months

Monday 2nd December 2002
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30 miles from rural Hertfordshire into entral London.

Takes about 45 minutes.

Mrs Fish

30,018 posts

285 months

Monday 2nd December 2002
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at least 12 miles each way, can take between half an hour in the morning and up to 40 minutes in the evening.

Edited to change mileage to at least 12 miles, as I have to go slightly further than fish.

>> Edited by Mrs Fish on Monday 2nd December 14:47

fish

4,063 posts

309 months

Monday 2nd December 2002
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12 miles and approx 25/30mins

kevinday

13,766 posts

307 months

Monday 2nd December 2002
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25 km (15 miles) each way, through Budapest, 45 mins in the morning if I leave at 06.30, 50-60 minutes home in the evening at normal times.

Plotloss

67,280 posts

297 months

Monday 2nd December 2002
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4 miles from Putney to Wimbledon.

Usually it takes about 20 minutes, it has taken over an hour and a half though.

Oh, and even in a TVR its cheaper than the tube!

Matt.

bigtone

1,211 posts

311 months

Monday 2nd December 2002
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If working in Hemel office - 18 miles, between 35 minutes and an hour.

If working in Brentford office - 50 miles, around an hour in the early early hours, up to nearly 4 (only happened once thank god) if the M4 elevated section is closed......

Tony

>> Edited by bigtone on Monday 2nd December 14:51

Terminator

2,421 posts

311 months

Monday 2nd December 2002
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28 to 32 miles (depending on whether I take the A12 or A13 from the M11) East Herts to Docklands. Takes me an hour during the week at 8am or 31 minutes at 1am on a Sunday morning (don't ask!)

alt

1,879 posts

309 months

Monday 2nd December 2002
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3 miles within Leamington at the moment.
20 miles from Leamington to Redditch next year 'cos my company's moving!

Don

28,378 posts

311 months

Monday 2nd December 2002
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I travel two point seven miles by car which takes about ten minutes. Next summer I intend to use the cycle path which should reduce the distance to two miles.

Oh I will use a bike....

CarZee

Original Poster:

13,382 posts

294 months

Monday 2nd December 2002
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mungo said: Approx seven foot steps from my bedroom to my office - I wake up at work.
Mungo, pls see Mr Taser for your electric-shock therapy after class

northernboy

12,642 posts

284 months

Monday 2nd December 2002
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Terminator, on that route (M11 to Docklands), what do you reckon to the A13 way? I always use the A12, and try to be getting on to it by 0630. I'm getting a bit fed up with the last mile of A12 on the way back out, but assumed that getting on to the A406 from Docklands by any other route would be worse.

Do you go straight out along the A13, or via City Airport, on the back roads?

bugmeister

812 posts

311 months

Monday 2nd December 2002
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20 miles each way (Boston Spa to York), about 25 -30 minutes....It's great ooooop north!!

Or an hour if I take the scenic route

FunkyGibbon

3,854 posts

291 months

Monday 2nd December 2002
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Depending on the weather...

Rainy, wet and very horrid = 4 miles
Plain old horrid = 8 miles
Nice day can be over 25 miles

Depending on the traffic all journeys can take the same length of time

Terminator

2,421 posts

311 months

Monday 2nd December 2002
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northernboy said: Do you go straight out along the A13, or via City Airport, on the back roads?
Going in, I use the 406 then the A13 (I work in Canning Town). Going home, I use the A12 to Redbridge as trying to get to Beckton by any route is a waste of time.





The Jiffle King

7,460 posts

285 months

Monday 2nd December 2002
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26 miles each way which takes about 30 minutes from stepping out of the door to at the desk.

But when theres an accident on the M4, about 90 minutes.

Or 40 minutes on the backroads which is much more fun and the same distance

incorrigible

13,668 posts

288 months

Monday 2nd December 2002
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mile and a half, not long

OK, OK, I know I should walk but I sometimes take the long route (35 miles) when it's sunny and a TVR run is in order

pete_w

646 posts

290 months

Monday 2nd December 2002
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....6 miles each way for me (central Stockport to central Manchester), use the M60 so anything from 20 mins to over an hour

JMGS4

8,903 posts

297 months

Monday 2nd December 2002
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5 km (3 as the crow flies) in 7 minutes.
Bus equivalent? walk 10 minutes to bus station, wait 15 minutes, travel 15 minutes to the wrong village, wait another 15 minutes in the pouring rain or amongst the stinkies and then get another bus for 5 minutes to my (work)village at a cost of 3 Euros 50! and almost 1 hour! Thats german efficiency for you!

Big Chris

378 posts

285 months

Monday 2nd December 2002
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About 10 miles each way i think, usually takes around 20 mins unless i get stuck behind a bus then it takes around oooooooooooohhh A DAY!!!!!